THE Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) has backed calls by the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) to air pre-recorded programmes to avoid attacks. And Mwale says people that are disrupting radio programmes are trying to tarnish President Edgar Lungu’s name. Last week, IBA Director General Josephine Mapoma advised radio and television stations to interview certain...

GOVERNMENT should provide clear COVID-19 guidelines for the forthcoming 2020 crop marketing season in rural areas or else risk creating bigger social and economic problems, says the Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD). In a statement, Monday, CTPD senior researcher Dr Simon Manda said government's policy direction in the agricultural sector amid the COVID-19...

THE House Business Committee of Parliament is scheduled to hold a meeting on May 28 to direct management on the measures which will be implemented to ensure the safety of parliamentarians when sittings resume next month. According to the Clerk of the National Assembly Cecilia Mbewe, the recommendations by the health experts from the Ministry...

CHIEF government spokesperson Dora Siliya has insisted that the Patriotic Front was not elected to storm radio stations saying there are proper channels of lodging in complaints about any content. And Siliya has advised health workers to focus on saving lives instead of preoccupying themselves with allowances. Meanwhile, Siliya says government’s decision to reopen schools...

THE Resident Doctors Association of Zambia (RDAZ) says it is frustrated with government’s casual approach to responding to health workers’ concerns. In a statement, Monday, RDAZ president Dr Isaac Sakala urged government to urgently develop legislation that would ensure that any healthcare worker who may sustain a disability or perish as a result of contracting...

THE Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) says radio and television stations should interview certain sources from their homes and thereafter air recorded programmes instead of hosting them in the studios to avoid attacks. Last week, some suspected PF cadres disrupted a radio program in Chinsali where UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema featured during a phone-in interview. But...

MUCHINGA Province Minister Malozo Sichone says the province still has available facilities to accommodate COVID-19 patients, but that the spaces will soon be filled. In an interview, Sichone said the available spaces could only accommodate up to 1,500 people. “We still have available space, we still have capacity, but I know that going forward, the...

HEALTH Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya says the country has recorded 74 new cases of COVID-19 out of the 882 tests conducted in the last 24 hours. Speaking during his daily COVID-19 updates, Sunday, Dr Chilufya announced that only eight of these cases were from Nakonde. “In the last 24 hours, we did carry out 882...

THE University of Zambia has set up a company called UNZA Holdings Limited which seeks to maximize its potential to attain self-sustainability. In a statement, Thursday, UNZA acting head of communication and marketing Dr Brenda Bukowa explained that the newly-established holding company would function as an umbrella for all business ventures at the University. “UNZA,...

FINANCE Minister Dr Bwalya Ng’andu says he is not aware that Foreign Affairs Minister Joe Malanji wrote to the Chinese Ambassador to Zambia asking him to expedite the disbursement of a loan to facilitate the speedy implementation of FTJ University in Mansa. In his letter to the Chinese Embassy dated, April 21, 2020, Malanji explained...

HEALTH Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya says 11 new COVID-19 cases have been recorded in Lusaka and Kabwe in the last 24 hours out of 667 tests. But Dr Chilufya says no new cases have been recorded in Nakonde. Meanwhile, Dr Chilufya says asymptomatic COVID-19 Nakonde patients will be managed from their homes in order to...

HEALTH Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya says Zambia has recorded 208 new COVID-19 cases, 196 of which are from Nakonde while 12 are from Lusaka. At a briefing today, Dr Chilufya said the new cumulative total is now 654, while all the 523 active cases are stable, expect one patient in Masaiti. He said 903 tests...

THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) says the Commission has taken keen interest in the theft of gold in Mwinilunga District. Responding to a press query, ACC public relations manager Timothy Moono announced that the Commission had taken interest in the matter. “I wish to advise members of the public that ACC has taken keen interest in...

HEALTH Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya says 174 new cases have been recorded in the last 72 hours out of the 336 tests. And Dr Chilufya says President Edgar Lungu would announce if there is need to close other borders. Speaking during his daily COVID-19 update, Tuesday, Dr Chilufya said 174 cases were from the validation...

NATIONAL Democratic Congress (NDC) national youth chairperson Charles Kabwita says the Patriotic Front will not publicize their findings on the theft of gold in Mwinulunga because of the big names which are implicated. Last week, PF deputy secretary general Mumbi Phiri said the party had concluded their investigations into the illegal gold mining activities. “From...

ALLIANCE for Democracy and Development (ADD) president Charles Milupi says it is shameful for the government to seek more loans when the economy is in a dire state. Recently, Foreign Affairs Minister Joe Malanji wrote the Chinese Ambassador to Zambia Li Jie asking him to expedite the disbursement of a loan to facilitate the speedy...

MINISTER of Health Dr Chitalu Chilufya says Zambia has recorded 174 new COVID-19 cases, 126 of which are from Nakonde, bringing the new cumulative total to 441. At his daily briefing today, Dr Chilufya said these include 66 truck drivers, some staff at points of entry and some health workers. He said there had been...

HEALTH minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya says results from the Nakonde COVID-19 screening are still being validated. And Dr Chilufya has announced that Zambia has recorded zero COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, Dr Chilufya says government has so far processed over 2,000 application letters from health workers. Speaking during his daily COVID-19 briefing,...

FOREIGN Affairs Minister Joe Malanji has written the Chinese Ambassador to Zambia Li Jie asking him to expedite the disbursement of a loan to facilitate the speedy implementation of the FTJ Chiluba University in Mansa. According to Ministry of Higher Education records, the US$255 million contract for design and construction contract was awarded to China...

HEALTH Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya says Zambia has not recorded any new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours in Lusaka. At a media briefing today, Dr Chilufya said this is out of 286 samples which were analyzed. Zambia's cumulative total remains 267 with seven deaths and 117 recoveries. Full story later.

LUENA UPND member of parliament David Kundoti says it is irresponsible for the PF to concentrate on buying off councillors in Western Province as opposed to resolving Zambians’ economic hardships. Recently, Nangweshi Ward councillor Sililo Muuka rendered in his resignation, joining a long list of councillors in that area to ditch the UPND. But in...

FORMER Bank of Zambia (BOZ) governor Dr Caleb Fundanga says it will be selfish for him to keep quiet on matters concerning Zambia’s debt when he was one of the people that played a key role in having it liquidated. And Dr Fundanga says Finance Minister Dr Bwalya Ng’andu should be happy that the six...

FINANCE Minister Dr Bwalya Ng’andu says the six former government officials that wrote a letter to President Edgar Lungu on the state of Zambia’s economy had a different objective other than a genuine intention to offer advice. And Dr Ng’andu says President Lungu cannot respond to a letter which was publicised in the manner it...